New Hydor L25 In Line With Reserator 2 - Pics!

[Chuck_Norris]

Well, after a dreadfully long time without my PC (2 weeks which isn't long, but I am a college student, so it was an eternity) and a lot of forum searching :bang head , I decided to replace my dead stock eheim that came with the reserator 2 with a hydor L25.
This is my watercooling system before installing anything
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=58855&stc=1&d=1186972083

The reserator 2 sat along side of it and isnt pictured (obviously).
Here is a pic of the Hydor L25 I ordered
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=58856&stc=1&d=1186972083

The stock fittings for the tube were 1/2", so I went to Lowe's and purchased a PVC 1/2" NPT to 3/8" barb fitting, but there was a problem. :eek: The threading was too long and part of the threading stuck out of the pump, so I took a dremel and sanded down the threading until it fit
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=58857&stc=1&d=1186972083

After that, I put a rubber gasket around each threaded portion of the fitting and screwed them on the pump
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=58858&stc=1&d=1186972083

Then, I ran into the second and third problems with my new pump. The fittings were leaking AND the pump was not pushing water through the system.
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=58859&stc=1&d=1186972083

[EmAn]

the links dont work

[Chuck_Norris]

Even when I bled almost all of the air out of the system, it still wouldn't pump. Then a thought occured to me that these two problems may be connected. I went back to Lowe's and bought thread seal tape.
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=58853&stc=1&d=1186971817

After that, there were no more leaks and the pump worked great!
Here is the complete system
http://www.ocforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=58854&stc=1&d=1186971817

The pump pushes the water through a lot faster than the stock eheim. I will post more on temps as I test it more.

Now to take care of the other problem that arised. My PSU's fuse blew for some reason, and now I have to get it replaced. :mad:

[Chuck_Norris]

fixed

[EmAn]

looks good now